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| | BDJ | Steroid cover for dental patients on long-term steroid medication: proposed clinical guidelines based upon a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Medical Student, Royal Dental Hospital and University of Melbourne, 711 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Australia 3000 |
 | | Director Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Western Hospital, Gordon Street, Footscray, Victoria 3011 and Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, 711 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Australia, 3000 |
 | | Based to a great extent upon mainly anecdotal case reports and theory, there is a general acceptance that patients on long-term systemic steroid medication should receive supplementary glucocorticoids or 'steroid cover' when undergoing certain types of stressful treatment including dentistry. |
| www.nature.com /cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/bdj/journal/v197/n11/abs/4811857a.html (285 words) |
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